Kevin Pinter
Meet the ZEMA Board, Kevin Pinter.
Kevin Pinter is married to Christine, and together they are joyously raising their three children. Kevin has been passionate about the mission field since 2004 when he took his first trip to South Africa with ZEMA. Kevin has visited over 20 countries; this includes 18 months when he and Christine served as missionaries with ZEMA. Kevin is dedicated to missions and is an elder at Christ Community Church. Together the Pinters actively promote missions through Christ Community Church’s missions team. Kevin joined ZEMA’s Board of Directors in 2019.
Kevin earned his bachelor’s in social sciences at UW Parkside. He was a Bible teacher at Christian Life School for four years and is currently the Director of Compass Ministries and office manager for Acts Construction. Kevin and his family love serving the Lord together and have a special calling to stand in for ZEMA missionaries when on home assignment.
Home Office Director’s Report.
BY GREG AND CARLENE SEGHERS
We would like to once again, thank you for your prayers, and the many ways that you encourage and support ZEMA’s ministries. And we’d like to extend our thanks to each of you as you continue to support ZEMA’s ministries in the many ways that you do. We recently heard something that encouraged our hearts personally, applies to ZEMA’s place in God’s work in the world, and makes us think of you!
Imagine with me that you and I each hold in our hands a single, tiny, 1/1000 piece of a 1000-piece puzzle. For both of us, our piece is small. In the greater scheme of God’s work in the world, you and I are a small part. But our pieces are unique, and the beauty of our unique qualities are gifts that enable us to bless others. Additionally, each piece is significant. If that piece were missing from the greater picture, it would be incomplete.
Similarly, we have increasingly experienced that ZEMA is one small ministry among many that God has strategically and uniquely placed to fill a specific spot in His good work in the world.
And then there’s you. Thank you. Thank you for your unique place of encouragement, prayer, and support for ZEMA, ZEMA missionaries, and the amaZioni. Thank you for blessing us with the gifts God has equipped you to share. You are aware. You pray. You encourage. And we know and have experienced your support through the ways that you have joined your heart with ours to share Jesus with the amaZioni. We praise God that though we may be small, each of us is uniquely equipped and significant as God completes His good work! As you contemplate your place in our ZEMA family, enjoy a digital puzzle of an amaZioni Sunday School parade.
If all were a single member, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, yet one body… YOU are the body of Christ and individually members of it!
~1 Corinthians 12: 19&27
Your faithful prayers and support of ZEMA enable us to continue our ministries to share Jesus with the amaZioni people in Southern Africa. Your prayers are essential! People, the amaZioni, still need Jesus. Poor, confused, suffering, and longing for hope beyond what this world offers, resources are sequestered by the wealthy and powerful, and the poor are overlooked. National infrastructures and political conflict leave ministries, such as ZEMA, caught in the middle. Two verses come to mind:
When [Jesus] saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; 38 therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” ~Matthew 9:36-38
For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills. I know all the birds of the hills, and all that moves in the field is mine… for the world and its fullness are mine… Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High, and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.” ~Psalm 50:10-15
God is faithful to hear and answer your prayers. Please pray for the missionaries and their ministries, as they face the same complications of life as you. Daily acting as your representatives and the hands and feet of Jesus in Southern Africa. Jesus knows the beginning from the end and has access to every resource needed to accomplish His work.
Estate planning is a powerful way to leave a legacy. By including ZEMA in your estate plan, you can ensure that your commitment to ZEMA’s ministries continues for generations to come. We’d like to highlight some impactful ways you might consider supporting ZEMA’s missionaries through estate planning and retirement plans. Some of these could benefit you as tax break opportunities while simultaneously supporting ZEMA’s ministries in Southern Africa.
We are deeply grateful for the generosity of our donors. By leaving a portion of their estates to ZEMA, two generous donors have made it possible that for the last five years, ZEMA lowered and has maintained the missionary administrative costs to 5% of that missionary’s support. This amount is at least half the amount required by other similar organizations.
Bequests: You can designate ZEMA as a beneficiary in your will or trust. This can be a specific amount, a percentage of your estate, or a residual bequest after other obligations are met.
Beneficiary Designations: You can name ZEMA as a beneficiary of your life insurance policy, retirement account, or other financial accounts. This is a simple way to make a significant impact without altering your will.
Charitable Remainder Trusts: These trusts provide income to you or your loved ones for a specified period, with the remainder going to ZEMA. This can offer tax benefits for you while simultaneously supporting ZEMA.
Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD)
Required Minimum Distributions (RMD)
These methods of missionary support could allow you to contribute to organizations with 501(c)(3) status, such as ZEMA. Contributing to our ministry could simultaneously reduce your taxable income. QCDs and RMDs can be designated for individual missionaries since they are employed by ZEMA.
The IRS allows people over the age of 70.5 years to make QCDs that lower their taxable income by directing funds from their IRAs, 401(k)s, or other tax-deferred retirement accounts to support charitable organizations and ministries like ZEMA. For investors over the age of seventy-three, QCDs could be instated to satisfy your required minimum distribution (RMDs) mandated by the IRS.
Pray. Pray that God will provide…
- The people to go.
- The people to stay and encourage.
- The people to stay and pray. Warriors standing firmly to bridge the gap between God and those who are confused, lost and in need of the Truth of God and His good plan through Jesus.
- The resources
If you are interested in planned giving, we recommend you consult with your financial advisor or estate planning attorney to explore the options described to determine the best approach for your situation.
To view a PDF summary documents for QCDs and RMDs on ZEMA’s website explaining how these types of donations might be accomplished, click on the QCD and RMD links on this page.
If you have questions, you may contact Matt Shears (On ZEMA’s Board of Directors. PH +1 720 473 3638, [email protected] ) or Bob Thompson (Composed the stated QCD and RMD Summary documents. PH +1 847 790 6441, [email protected]).
The gift-planning information is intended as general advice. It should not be considered tax, legal, or financial advice. It informs you of this opportunity and the ways your support through ZEMA may have increased benefits for both you and your ZEMA missionary.
A Sunbury Maintenance Project
Sunbury Christian Camp is a ZEMA facility that hosts the ZEBS teacher conference, classes, graduation ceremonies, alumni gatherings, ZEFA meetings, training events, and ZEMA retreats. When not in use by ZEMA’s ministries, Sunbury serves as a place of respite and retreat for children, young adults, and families from local churches and other Christian ministries. Sunbury needs to maintain a General Maintenance Fund of $8,000 to handle large projects such as the maintenance of a John Deer mower & other vehicles, maintenance of Sunbury’s generator/solar, water pump, and security fence systems. If you are able to assist with these needs at Sunbury a more detailed description is available, Click HERE.
